Monthly Archives: October 2011

There is something undeniably endearing about Snoop Doggy Dog, from his tendency to use ‘izzle’ as a suffix, to his relentless and successful domination of every art form and merchandising opportunity conceivable, it’s not hard to see why he is such an enduring figure in our culture. Conclusively, it only makes sense to see grand [...]

Knock Knock Who’s there? A horror film. A horror film who? A horror film who is sadly a bit of a disappointment, given the potential it had which was lost under it’s unoriginality. [...]

Wicked Little Things has a very important lesson to teach us all. Zombie/Ghost children are terrifying. It’s that simple. It doesn’t matter how hokey or obvious the plot, if you get your monster right then you will succeed in scaring the pants off your audience. It’s surprising how many horror filmmakers seem to neglect this. [...]

Dario Argento is a man who needs little introduction. A master of giallo and lover of bloody violence, his more recent efforts have been criticised. However, it remains that if ‘Italian’ and ‘horror’ are mentioned in the same sentence, his name is usually at the beginning of that sentence. So, what of this re-released feature, [...]

The House by the Cemetery tells the story of the Boyle family who move into the synonymous ‘house’ in order for the father/husband, Norman Boyle to continue the research of his recently diseased colleague. His child, Bob (we’ll dissect this bizarre munchkin a bit later) discovers some strange goings on within the house’s basement including [...]

A married couple struggle to overcome the brutal murder of their daughter, and end up moving to an old house which used to belong to an ‘old, crazy witch’ in an attempt to re-build their lives. However, the move does quite the opposite as they are soon visited by the ghost of a girl who [...]